Mariah Carey’s ‘Obsessed’ Joins Spotify Billions Club
The 2005 hit is her second song to achieve the feat, following the holiday classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’
Mariah Carey’s hit song “Obsessed” has officially surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. It’s Carey’s second entry in the esteemed club, following her holiday smash “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
The achievement arrives more than 15 years after “Obsessed” first came out. Released June 16, 2009, as the lead single from Carey’s twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, “Obsessed” was written and produced by Carey, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. The song’s lyrics follow Carey’s struggle to deal with a stalker who just won’t quit, using a line from the 2004 film Mean Girls to explain her feelings about the situation. The track debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her highest-charting debut in over a decade, and peaked at No. 7, becoming her 27th career top-ten hit. In 2024, the song was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA.
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“Obsessed” is also well-remembered for its Brett Ratner-directed video, shot at the Plaza Hotel and around New York City. It featured Carey playing double duty as both herself and a male stalker in a bellhop uniform and a gray hoodie. Over a decade later, the song found new life in 2019 when a viral TikTok dance challenge catapulted it back onto the charts. (Carey recorded her own version of the challenge.) Megan Thee Stallion also referenced the song on her own 2024 track “Hiss.”
So far, 2026 has been a major year of milestones for Carey. In October, she shared a deluxe edition of her album Glitter to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The record was originally one of her least successful, but its stature has grown immeasurably in the years since. Upon the deluxe release, she said: “I made this album with so much love and care, so it was devastating to watch it become a punchline. I’m endlessly grateful to my fans who kept championing it all these years, and I hope even more people can finally hear it for what it is.”
